Visit Cappuck Roman Fort
š Location: Cappuck, near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders
š What survives: The fort is known mainly through excavation and finds; visible remains are limited.
ā Best for: Exploring a Roman fort on Dere Street with both Flavian and Antonine phases.
š„¾ Visit: A rural archaeological site with limited surface remains.
š Nearby Roman places: Newstead (Trimontium), Dere Street and the Borders forts
Cappuck at a glance
| Occupation | Flavian occupation followed by separate Antonine phases; pottery supports activity into the later second century. |
| Garrison | The resident detachment is unidentified. The Twentieth Legion is named as a builder. |
| Size | About 0.6ā0.74 hectares across the recorded enclosures; rampart measurements and usable internal areas differ. |
| Troop estimate | Around 200 soldiers is a working estimate used in this guide; the small enclosure could not house a normal full cohort. |
- 80 AD Agricolian Fort buit
- 95 AD Fort strengthened as at Newstead
- 142 AD early Antonine Fort and 20th Legion inscription
- 150 AD later Antonine new rampart
- 160 AD Samian dating to this period found
A small fort with 200 soldiers
Inscriptions
RIB 2119 is a building inscription of the Twentieth Legion. Construction by legionaries does not prove a permanent legionary garrison.
References
- Cappuck Roman Fort (Trove NRHE)
- Cappuck Inscriptions ( Roman Inscriptions of Britain)
